Dj. Brenner et al., 2 NEW RAHNELLA GENOMOSPECIES THAT CANNOT BE PHENOTYPICALLY DIFFERENTIATED FROM RAHNELLA-AQUATILIS, International journal of systematic bacteriology, 48(1), 1998, pp. 141-149
Fifty-one Rahnella aquatilis and R. aquatilis-like strains from water,
snails and human sources were characterized by routine biochemical te
sts, carbon source utilization tests, DNA relatedness (hydroxyapatite
method) and 16S rRNA sequencing. The results of the genetic methods in
dicated that the strains comprised three closely related species withi
n the genus Rahnella, It was not possible to differentiate R. aquatili
s from the two newly recognized species, The new species were therefor
e given the vernacular names Rahnella genomospecies 2 and Rahnella gen
omospecies 3.